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slight tangent - but I've never heard of the 'Roaring Forties' - Turns out it's the name for a particular set of winds - Fascinating stuff
by aphrax 9y ago
slight tangent - but I've never heard of the 'Roaring Forties' - Turns out it's the name for a particular set of winds - Fascinating stuff
- praptak 9y agoForties refers to the set of latitudes where this occurs.
- yardie 9y agoOpen a browser window to windy.com and scroll down to the lower Southern Ocean latitudes. You'll see the complex weather patterns that exist down there [0]. Further south is the Furious Fifties. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Forties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaring_Forties